{"id":5373,"date":"2016-09-15T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/progressives-push-for-public-option-health-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:23","slug":"progressives-push-for-public-option-health-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/progressives-push-for-public-option-health-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Los progresistas presionan por un plan de salud de &#039;opci\u00f3n p\u00fablica&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Senadores y activistas progresistas est\u00e1n lanzando una campa\u00f1a el jueves para pedir que todos los estadounidenses tengan la opci\u00f3n de elegir una opci\u00f3n de seguro m\u00e9dico p\u00fablico.<\/p>\n<p>Su objetivo es aprovechar el apoyo de la candidata presidencial dem\u00f3crata Hillary Clinton a una opci\u00f3n p\u00fablica con lo que esperan que sea el mayor impulso de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de los dem\u00f3cratas desde la aprobaci\u00f3n de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio en 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Los senadores dem\u00f3cratas Jeff Merkley de Oreg\u00f3n, Chuck Schumer de Nueva York, Patty Murray de Washington y Dick Durbin de Illinois, y el senador independiente Bernie Sanders de Vermont presentar\u00e1n una resoluci\u00f3n que establece que el Senado apoya los esfuerzos para desarrollar la ACA al garantizar que todos los estadounidenses tengan acceso a una opci\u00f3n p\u00fablica adem\u00e1s de las opciones de cobertura proporcionadas por aseguradoras privadas.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer, quien se espera que asuma el cargo de l\u00edder dem\u00f3crata del Senado en 2017, dijo en un comunicado: \u201cNecesitamos m\u00e1s competencia en los mercados de seguros, no menos, y una opci\u00f3n p\u00fablica ayudar\u00eda a reducir los costos y brindar\u00eda a los consumidores opciones m\u00e1s asequibles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Una coalici\u00f3n de activistas encabezada por el Comit\u00e9 de Campa\u00f1a de Cambio Progresivo (PCCC), que incluye a Presente.org, UltraViolet, Working Families Party, MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, Daily Kos y AFL-CIO, espera movilizar a millones de personas para llamar a sus senadores y apoyar la resoluci\u00f3n en una petici\u00f3n en WeWantAPublicOption.com.<\/p>\n<p>La campa\u00f1a sigue al anuncio de Aetna en agosto de que se retirar\u00eda del intercambio federal de salud en l\u00ednea, HealthCare.gov, en 11 estados el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o. El anuncio se produjo un mes despu\u00e9s de que el Departamento de Justicia bloqueara los planes de Aetna de fusionarse con Humana. Un an\u00e1lisis encontr\u00f3 que un tercio del pa\u00eds no tendr\u00e1 competencia entre los planes de intercambio el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton ha propuesto dar a los estadounidenses en todos los estados la opci\u00f3n de un plan de seguro de opci\u00f3n p\u00fablica y permitir que las personas menores de edad de Medicare opten por el programa ofreci\u00e9ndolo a los mayores de 55 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl intento fallido de extorsi\u00f3n de Aetna y la decisi\u00f3n de retirarse de 11 estados ha creado una nueva urgencia para hacer que una opci\u00f3n p\u00fablica est\u00e9 disponible para todos los estadounidenses\u201d, dijo Stephanie Taylor, cofundadora de PCCC. \u201cCon Hillary Clinton haciendo campa\u00f1a sobre grandes ideas como una opci\u00f3n p\u00fablica, una universidad sin deudas y la expansi\u00f3n de los beneficios del Seguro Social, los dem\u00f3cratas obtendr\u00e1n un mandato en 2016 para gobernar con audacia y de manera progresiva en 2017\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Progressive senators and activists are launching a campaign Thursday calling for every American to have the choice of a public health insurance option. 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